Youth Today
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Lumina Grants to Help Youth Prepare for College
If you do college access work with eighth through 10th graders, especially in a few select Midwestern states, be on the lookout...
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Three Jurisdictions Get Funds for Reclaiming Futures
Three jurisdictions are being awarded nearly $3.7 million in federal funding so they can establish the Reclaiming Futures program. Reclaiming Futures...
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Community Schools Pushed by Dems, Brits
Youth-serving agencies should plan to play a prominent role in America’s educational reform efforts by partnering with public schools to transform them...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Managed Grants
While small youth-serving nonprofits can be gleeful about receiving a new grant, a reality check is soon in order: As The Finance...
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Karen Baynes: Presumptive Favorite for OJJDP Administrator
After scores of columns speculating on who might run the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for President Barack Obama, the...
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College Prices Keep Rising
The cost of higher education got higher this school year, and the biggest increase was at public two-year colleges, where tuition jumped...
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Report Says Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths Underreported
A report released today by the nonpartisan child advocacy group Every Child Matters Education Fund shows that the deaths of 10,440 U.S....
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Conyers Slams OJJDP Boss at Girls JJ Hearing
Compelling testimony at today’s hearing about girls in the juvenile justice system was nearly overshadowed by Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. John Conyers’...
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Weekly Notes: Congressional Hearing on Girls in JJ; Blogs of Note; and more
A very quick, late Friday notes: We’re hard at work on a story for the November issue of Youth Today about a...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Several Community Health Leaders Honored for Youth Work
Lynne Holden is a doctor honored for encouraging less advantaged students in New York to enter health professions. Rajiv Kumar was honored...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Court Funding Guidelines Announced
The State Justice Institute (SJI), which provides funding to improve the operations of state and local courts – including the juvenile system...
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Miller Committed to JJDPA Reauthorization in “This Congress”
When it comes to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization, the Senate has clearly carried the water. Senate Majority Leader...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Following the Money
Following the Tobacco Money Most people have seen the highly produced anti-teen-smoking tobacco ads paid for by the American Legacy Foundation, the...
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Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Administration Responds to Chicago Death; More Mentoring Grants; and more
***Various federal agencies released JJ-related grants this week, but one grant from the Department of Education made headlines: a $500,000 grant to...
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10 percent of Community Colleges Don’t Offer Federal Loan Programs
Roughly 10 percent of community college students can’t access federal student loans because the colleges they attend don’t participate in federal loan...
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Report Highlights Youth Development Programs Sponsored by Cities
College scholarships and apprenticeships. Jobs for teens in trouble with the law. Book clubs for kids and free trips to the museum....
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Goldsmith Becomes Interim Chairman of CNCS
Stephen Goldsmith, former board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has assumed the position of interim board chairman with...
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Study Finds Dropouts More Likely to be Incarcerated or Unemployed
A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all dropouts, and particularly African-Americans, are far more likely...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Education’s New $650 Million Plan
For enterprising youth-serving agencies with a track record of partnering with schools to improve student achievement in a measurable way, now is...
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Laurie Robinson Confirmation Hearing
The confirmation hearing for Laurie Robinson, Obama’s nominee to serve as the assistant attorney general for justice programs, was short and sweet....
